A male dwarf sexually aroused by a sleeping female dwarf. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.

Date:
1715
Reference:
26493i
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In the border below the image a figure attempts to drown a man

Publication/Creation

1715

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 30.3 x 18.8 cm

Lettering

Augustus. Aoust. Damoiselle Toujourspréte Plaitil. Forlefaise Lourdcorps ... Lettering continues: "Quels charmes! quels attraits! qui pourroit resister!/ La raison nous conduit, la beauté nous excite,/ L'heureuse occasion vient de se presenter,/ Tout conspire aux plaisirs, et la nature invite,/ Imitons ces garcons qui jouissent du bain./ Mais cherchons la riviere, Iris, dans ton beau sein. Cum priv. sac. caes. maj. 1715"

References note

For further information on the history of this series of prints, see G. Bauer & H. Verfondern, 'Barocke Zwergenkarikaturen von Callot bis Chodowiecki' (Salzburg, 1991)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 26493i

Reproduction note

Originally published in Augsburg in 1715. The French lettering here is added on a separate plate

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